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to_o reason_n bring_v peace_n to_o the_o mind_n and_o mollifi_v the_o affection_n with_o concord_n and_o agreement_n 4_o it_o be_v unpossible_a for_o he_o to_o praise_v temperance_n who_o delight_n be_v in_o pleasure_n or_o affect_v government_n that_o delight_v in_o riot_n of_o modesty_n cap._n 23._o modesty_n be_v a_o temperate_a virtue_n or_o a_o precinct_n or_o limit_n which_o honesty_n command_v to_o be_v observe_v so_o call_v as_o aristotle_n say_v because_o it_o observe_v a_o mean_a not_o exceed_v nor_o decline_v in_o any_o thing_n and_o as_o osorius_n say_v it_o be_v a_o vehement_a fear_n &_o shamefastness_n of_o ignominy_n or_o reproach_n but_o plato_n call_v it_o the_o only_a preserver_n of_o all_o virtue_n which_o first_o shine_v or_o appear_v in_o youth_n like_o a_o lamp_n and_o especial_o in_o those_o which_o be_v of_o the_o great_a towardness_n who_o we_o perceive_v to_o blush_v not_o for_o any_o infamy_n or_o reproach_n which_o they_o have_v commit_v but_o for_o fear_n of_o commit_v any_o thing_n worthy_a the_o reprehension_n which_o be_v the_o only_a felicity_n in_o all_o estate_n and_o may_v be_v call_v the_o only_a repairer_n of_o decay_a virtue_n sith_o then_o the_o country_n which_o we_o must_v desire_v to_o inhabit_v be_v so_o high_a and_o heavenly_a and_o the_o way_n thither_o be_v modesty_n wherefore_o then_o desire_v to_o enjoy_v this_o happy_a country_n do_v we_o refuse_v the_o way_n for_o doubtless_o as_o osorius_n say_v that_o he_o which_o altogether_o have_v lose_v this_o virtue_n and_o pass_v the_o goal_n be_v either_o of_o presumption_n or_o of_o mere_a slowness_n repute_v and_o may_v be_v well_o think_v to_o have_v no_o sparkle_n of_o honesty_n be_v not_o impudence_n and_o overboldnes_n one_o of_o the_o great_a blemish_n that_o cicero_n be_v wont_a to_o reprehend_v in_o catiline_n but_o modesty_n now_o a_o day_n as_o plato_n say_v be_v exile_v out_o of_o the_o land_n
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